Oh, what joy! Summer’s here and we’re much freer to live robustly outdoors — in sharp contrast to this time last year. Vaccines are widespread. Kids and families untether from Zoom learning. The economy has reopened and “Help Wanted” signs pepper our neighborhoods. Home sales are hot, hot, hot. And so are home and landscape […]
Senta Plunkett, who grew up in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, moved with her husband to Wilmette 17 years ago and the couple raised a family. An attorney by trade, the mother of three children ages 18, 16 and 12 served her community in many roles over the years. She served 12 years on Wilmette’s […]
As part of our “You Said It” Op-Ed series, we invite contributors to submit their opinion pieces. Have a submission? Contact us here. In 2020, the world as we knew it came to a halt and will in many ways never be the same. We lost so many to an unforgiving virus that is hardest on […]
Dorri McWhorter, the CEO of YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, is departing the organization after eight years to become CEO and President of YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago on Aug. 2. McWhorter will be the first woman and first Black woman to hold those titles for the organization. “Dorri’s passion for mission driven work and her visionary […]
Cecily Kaz, 46, has played the role of architect/engineer as a sustainability consultant, wife, mom, soccer coach and Kenilworth Village Trustee. On May 17 she took on yet another title as she was sworn in as Kenilworth Village President. She is married to Arthur Kaz and has three children, Henry, 12, Kian, 10, and Charlie, […]
Howard Roin, 67, made his career as a lawyer specializing in civil trial and appellate law in downtown Chicago before retiring in May of 2020 (but for one last ongoing case in which he is serving as “Senior Counsel”). He has served Glencoe in various roles over the years including two four-year terms on the […]
As 61-year-old Greg Lungmus, Northfield’s newly elected village president prepared to embark on his new role, we asked the investor in the global financial markets a few questions. Lungmus, who is married to wife Pam and has two daughters Jackie and Emily and one son, Karl, won in an unopposed election April 6. At the […]
You know it when you see it, the colorful sails splashed against the city skyline as hundreds of boats and thousands of sailors and crew gather on the water near Navy Pier. It’s one of the the signature events of the Chicago calendar — the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac — and the race is […]
Warmer weather is on its way and with it a whole slew of new Chicago and North Shore business openings and reopenings. From a trendy boutique in Evanston and a hot new hotel at Navy Pier to River North pizza from a chef whose resume includes Alinea, The Publican, and Soho House, here’s what is […]
What does it take to be an effective leader at work and in one’s community? Susan A. Capra, Shannon M. McNulty and Sarah F. King, partners at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, Illinois, recently shared their thoughts on the subject. “Many of the same elements it takes to win a case reflect the traits of […]
